Yorkshire soap Emmerdale reduces episodes to three a week

Filming on the Leeds-based soap and Manchester's Coronation Street has suspended from today as the Government continues to urge people to stay home amid the coronavirus pandemic.

It comes as a woman in Leeds died after testing positive for coronavirus, it was reported today.

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At the moment, Emmerdale typically transmits episodes five times a week, but the reduction will enable the channel to keep broadcasting until early summer.

A statement from ITV reads: “Following yesterday’s announcement that filming of Coronation Street and Emmerdale will be suspended, ITV has taken the decision to reduce Emmerdale’s transmission pattern to three episodes per week from Monday 30 March.

"The Yorkshire based soap will air on Monday, Wednesday and Friday with Coronation Street airing at 7.30pm on the same nights.

"The change to Emmerdale’s transmission pattern will ensure we have episodes of both soaps airing on ITV until at least the early summer.”